US Patent Issued to Bolder Surgical on March 25 for "Device for use in laparoscopic surgery and method of use" (Connecticut, Massachusetts, Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,926, issued on March 25, was assigned to Bolder Surgical LLC (Marlborough, Mass.).

"Device for use in laparoscopic surgery and method of use" was invented by Vincent Mata (Monroe, Conn.), Alan Bachman (Milford, Conn.), Richard N. Granger (Niwot, Colo.), Gerald Wheeler (Rochester, Mass.) and Allison B. Lyle (Boulder, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for use in laparoscopic surgery is provided. The device has a plurality of telescoping sections positioned in and movable relative to a protective sheath between an extended configuration, wherein a body section of a first one of the telescoping sections is spaced apart from ...